Viewspapers

The Malay press of the 1930s

Bibliographic Data

ID9082032
AuthorsMark Emmanuel (corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume41
Issue1
Pages1-20
Publication date2010-02-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Southeast Asian Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4634 • E-ISSN: 1474-0680
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022463409990233
OpenAlexW2171113490
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited11

There was a tremendous acceleration in newspaper publishing between 1930 and 1941 despite the Great Depression. The Malay press began to evolve into a site for discussing and debating the circumstances of Malay life in the 1930s. Rather than news, opinions, commentaries, leading articles and editorials made up the bulk of column space in Malay newspapers and magazines of the 1930s. It was a ‘viewspaper’ rather than a newspaper. New forms of public-opinion making like the editorial, increased participation in the media through letters to the editor and contributors' articles, public readings of newspapers, and the extension of newspapers into classrooms meant that a broader cross-section of Malays were able to access debates and discussions on issues of the day and raises new questions about public life in Malaya among Malays

Linguistics · Malay · Media studies · Newspaper · Political science · Publishing · Sociology · Asian Studies and History · Education and Islamic Studies · History · Law · Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies

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